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previous ½ next page ½6 wetlands or Melaleuca dominated wetlands and fringing woodlands legend
Vegetation of permanent lakes and swamps, as well as ephemeral lakes, claypans and swamps. Includes fringing woodlands and shrublands
EIU 9.3.1 River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis or E. tereticornis) woodland on channels, flats and levees
9.3.1x ~ C
plains 6 19LANDFORM broad creeks / long swamps; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland / closed woodland with Melaleuca aff viridiflora, Eucalyptus tereticornis and Lophostemon suaveolens; GEOLOGY SOIL Qr
EIU C 9.3.4 Lakes on alluvial plains
9.3.4 C
plains 6 19LANDFORM backswamp - no trees; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Ephemeral swamps. Treeless with grasses and sedges. Bordered by Eucalyptus platyphylla and/or E. tessellaris and/or E. camaldulensis and/or E. tereticornis and/or E. brownii and/or E. coolibah and/or E. crebra; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa
EIU 9.3.10 Mountain coolibah (Eucalyptus orgadophila), black tea tree (Melaleuca bracteata) woodland-low open woodland and springs on black soil plains
9.3.10x2
plains 6 19LANDFORM depressions and broad flat impeded drainage lines; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland / ephemeral swampland with scattered Melaleuca bracteata; NOTES Should be new RE; GEOLOGY SOIL Qa over basalt and metasediments
EIU 9.3.11 Lakes and seasonally flooded depressions on basalts
9.3.11 ~ C
plains 6 19LANDFORM swamps in and near GBW; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Grassland / sedgeland, ephemeral wetlands/lakes fringed by Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. coolibah +/- Melaleuca bracteata; GEOLOGY SOIL QL, Qa , TQ
BBN C 11.1.3 Sedgelands on marine clay plains
11.1.3 C
tidally inundated heavy soils 6 19LANDFORM flat, coastal; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Freshwater or brackish water mostly ephemeral wetlands and sedgelands; NOTES Not mapped separately. Mapped in mosaic with 426
BBN C 11.2.4 Lagoons in swales
11.2.4
dunes and beaches 6 19LANDFORM deep wetland swales; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Swampy swales lined with trees or with trees throughout, with Melaleuca aff viridiflora, Nauclea orientalis +/- Melaleuca dealbata +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Livistona drudei +/- L. decipiens; NOTES Suggest new RE for Melaleuca aff viridiflora dominated unit; GEOLOGY SOIL pale sand / humic sand
BBN 11.3.27 Freshwater wetlands
11.3.27 ~ C
plains 6 19LANDFORM flat, perched on watershed; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Permanent or semi-permanent swamps with Eichhornia crassipes, Nymphaea spp, Eleocharis dulcis and Cyperus spp.; GEOLOGY SOIL Qas
Melaleuca low woodland legendLow woodlands and low open-woodlands of Melaleuca spp. predominantly on depositional plains in the tropical north +/- open
WT E 7.3.7 Coastal floodplain forest red gum/melaleuca (Eucalyptus tereticornis/Melaleuca spp.) open forest complex on moist to very wet poorly drained lowlands
7.3.7x E
plains 6 26LANDFORM swamps; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland to closed woodland with Melaleuca aff viridiflora; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam
WT 7.3.8 Broad-leaf tea tree (Melaleuca viridiflora) woodland swamp complex on dry to very wet poorly drained lowlands and tablelands
7.3.8a
plains 6 26LANDFORM alluvial plains; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora and scattered Eucalyptus spp; NOTES Possibly should be separate RE from units 432, 437, 438; GEOLOGY SOIL clay loam duplex
7.3.8b
plains 6 26LANDFORM lower piedmont fans; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora +/- scattered Eucalyptus spp; NOTES Possibly should be separate RE from units 431, 432, 437; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam
WT 7.3.8 Broad-leaf tea tree (Melaleuca viridiflora) woodland swamp complex on dry to very wet poorly drained lowlands and tablelands
7.3.8x1a
plains 6 26LANDFORM lower piedmont fans; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora and Eucalyptus spp. +/- E. drepanophylla +/- E. platyphylla, +/- E. clarksoniana +/- E. dallachiana; NOTES Possibly should be separate RE from units 431, 432, 438; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam
7.3.8x1b
plains 6 26LANDFORM alluvial plains; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora, Eucalyptus platyphylla, E. clarksoniana +/- E, dallachiana +/- E. drepanophylla +/- Lophostemon suaveolens; NOTES Possibly should be separate RE from units 432, 437, 438; GEOLOGY SOIL clay/loam
EIU 9.3.6 Poplar gum (Eucalyptus platyphylla) woodland on podsolics in drainage depressions
9.3.6x2
plains 6 26LANDFORM flat / gentle slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora and Eucalyptus spp. +/- E. platyphylla +/- E. drepanophylla +/- E. clarksoniana; NOTES (or BBN outlier 11.3.12x) same as 401 BBN. Most closely matches 7.3.8 ie a WT outlier, but is more typically an outlier of the adjacent coastal plain ie BBN (closest to 11.3.12)
BBN C 11.3.4 Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or E. camaldulensis tall woodland on alluvial plains
11.3.4 C
plains 6 26LANDFORM flat, coastal; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Open woodland with Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. tessellaris and Melaleuca viridiflora; GEOLOGY SOIL pale clay / loam
BBN 11.3.12 Melaleuca viridiflora woodland on alluvial plains
11.3.12 ~ C
plains 6 26LANDFORM flat / gentle slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low woodland with Melaleuca viridiflora +/- scattered Eucalyptus spp; GEOLOGY SOIL duplex pale clay
coastal seasonally inundated Melaleuca woodland legendSeasonally inundated open-forests and woodlands of lowland coastal areas. Dominated by Melaleuca spp.
WT C 7.3.5 Swamp paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) open forest on very wet and wet poorly drained lowlands
7.3.5 C
plains 6 14LANDFORM swamp; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Closed woodland with Melaleuca quinquenervia; GEOLOGY SOIL dark humic loam
BBN C 11.2.1 Eucalyptus platyphylla-Corymbia tessellaris woodland on sandy coastal plains
11.2.1x3
dunes and beaches 6 14LANDFORM flat aeolian dunes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low woodland of Melaleuca viridiflora; GEOLOGY SOIL very fine white sand
7 shrubland and heathland low woodlands and heathlands legend
Open to closed scrub, low woodlands, shrublands, heathlands and sedgelands in low altitude coastal locations and montane locations
EIU 9.8.6 Gidgee (Acacia cambagei) low woodland on scarps and footslopes of basalt tablelands
9.8.6x ~ C
basalt plains 7 16LANDFORM pockets in GBW and patches adjacent to GBW; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Woodland with Acacia tephrina. Canopy variable, with closed and open areas. No midstratum. Open grassy ground stratum; GEOLOGY SOIL ABAnB. Brown loam or clay/loam
BBN C 11.12.16 Acacia spp. low woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills
11.12.16x1
Granite and acid volcanic ranges 7 16LANDFORM rocky, cliffs, skeletal tops; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Shrubland with Acacia julifera; GEOLOGY SOIL rhyolite
11.12.16x2
Granite and acid volcanic ranges 7 16LANDFORM hilly / steep slopes; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Tall shrubland / low woodland with Acacia leptostachya, Lophostemon grandiflorus +/- Eucalyptus drepanophylla +/- Cochlospermum gillivraei. Ground stratum mostly with Triodia stenostachya; GEOLOGY SOIL MIG
BBN C 11.12.16 Acacia spp. low woodland on igneous rocks. Coastal hills
11.12.16x3
Granite and acid volcanic ranges 7 16LANDFORM rocky, hilly; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low closed shrubland with Acacia ?nesophila x spirorbis; NOTES Suggest new Uveg; GEOLOGY SOIL granitic
BBN C 11.12.19 Eucalyptus exserta, E. moluccana, E. crebra, Corymbia citriodora woodland on
igneous rocks. Steep hills and ranges
11.12.19x1
Granite and acid volcanic ranges 7 16LANDFORM precipitous slopes and cliffs; VEG STRUCTURE & FLORISTICS Low open woodland with Eucalyptus exserta,
Leptospermum aff brachyandrum, Cochlospermum gillivraei and Babingtonia papillosa; GEOLOGY SOIL MStG
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